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Dan Forsyth
Nov 9, 2023
Mr. Horace Daniel (Dan) Forsyth, age 89 of Rockmart passed away Thursday November 9, 2023 in Rome at Atrium Health, Floyd Medical Center surrounded by his family.
Dan was born October 5, 1934 in Polk County the son of Roy N Forsyth and Eva Holder Forsyth. He was raised in the Braswell community where he attended Friendship Baptist Church. For the...
Betty Jean Sansom Robinson
Nov 9, 2023
Mrs. Betty Jean Sansom Robinson, age 92, formerly of Rockmart, GA, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2023, in Valdosta, GA.
Mrs. Robinson was born in Rome, GA, on May 6, 1931, daughter of the late Clyde Sansom and Irene Moss Sansom. She was a loving and giving person who was an avid Bible student. To her younger sister, she was much...
Dorothy "Dot" M. Osborne
Nov 7, 2023
Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” M. Osborne, age 95, of Cedartown, GA, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
Mrs. Osborne was born in Cedartown on February 1, 1928, daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Golden and Bana Mae Summerville Moore. She had lived in Rome, GA, from 1963 until 1973, before returning to the Fish Creek Community where she lived for 32...
Phil Moore
Nov 3, 2023
Mr. Phil Moore, age 72, of Taylorsville, GA passed away Friday, November 3, 2023.
Phil was born in Rome, GA on October 30, 1951, a son of the late Clyde Moore and Ruby Williams Moore. He had lived the greater part of his life in Taylorsville and was a graduate of Rockmart High School. Phil enjoyed going to Atlanta Braves baseball...
William Nathan Bell
Oct 29, 2023
Mr. William Nathan Bell, age 64 of Rockmart, GA, passed away Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Mr. Bell was born on June 4, 1959, son of the late Wilton and Marie Bell. He had recently moved to Rockmart from Talking Rock, GA, where he had spent a total of 25 years between Talking Rock and Jasper, GA. Mr. Bell received his Bachelor’s...
Baxter Towery
Oct 28, 2023
Mr. Baxter Towery, age 77, of Rockmart, GA, the Yorkville Community, passed away Saturday morning, October 28, 2023.
Mr. Baxter was born in Elijay, GA, on May 8, 1946, son of the late Mark L. Towery and Lula Clark Towery and was a long-tie resident of the Yorkville Community. He retired from Lockheed-Martin after 34 years of service and was a...
Robert "Robbie" Doyle Strickland
Oct 24, 2023
Mr. Robert “Robbie” Doyle Strickland, age 68, passed away, Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Mr. Strickland was born, December 9, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia, son of Bobby D. Strickland and Betty June Strickland Bouler.
Robbie was a resident of Rockmart and had retired with over 30 years of service with the International Union of Operating Engineers as a crane operator. If a person...
James Charles "J.C." Rayburn
Oct 23, 2023
Mr. James Charles “J.C.” Rayburn, age 84, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Monday, October 23, 2023, at his residence.
Mr. Rayburn was born in Rockmart on September 19, 1939, a son of the late Ollie S. Rayburn and Gertrude Caldwell Rayburn. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and was a member of Aragon Baptist Church. Mr....
Lisa Ann Owens
Oct 22, 2023
Mrs. Lisa Ann Owens, age 60, of Aragon, GA, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2023.
Lisa was born in Rome, GA, on November 21, 1962, daughter of the late Edwin Garrett and Ruth Popham Garrett. She had lived all her life in Polk County and was of the Baptist faith. Lisa was a graduate of Rockmart High School and received her...
Gregory Owen Caldwell
Oct 20, 2023
Mr. Gregory Owen Caldwell, age 77, of Rockmart, GA passed away Friday, October 20, 2023.
Greg was born in Rockmart on August 23, 1946, a son of the late Ernest Caldwell and Mary Ferguson Henderson. He had lived all of his life in Rockmart where he was a graduate of Rockmart High School. Greg was a member of Fairview Baptist Church...
Walter "Bud" Radford
Oct 17, 2023
Mr. Walter “Bud” Radford, age 84, of Centre, AL, passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Mr. Radford was born in Cordele, GA, on May 18, 1939. He was a former resident of Dalton, Forest Park and Douglasville prior to moving to Alabama. He was a 55-year member of the Forest Park Lodge #399 F&AM. Mr. Radford worked for a number of...
Daniel Earl "Danny" Drake
Oct 15, 2023
Mr. Daniel Earl “Danny” Drake, Sr., age 77, of Cedartown, GA, passed away Sunday evening, October 15, 2023.
Danny was born in Gulf Port, MS, on January 26, 1946, son of the late Joseph Drake and Catherine Tucker Drake. He lived his childhood in Centre, AL, moving to Atlanta in 1969. Danny had been a resident of Polk County since 1999...
Robert Oliver
Oct 14, 2023
Mr. Robert G. Oliver of Rockmart, GA passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2023 after a brief illness in a Douglasville medical facility at the age of 61.
Mr. Oliver was born on July 19, 1962 in Dallas, GA a son of the late Mr. Carl and Mrs. Edna Welch of Rockmart, GA.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
James "Larry" Garmon
Oct 13, 2023
Mr. James Larry Garmon, Jr., age 59, of Villa Rica, GA, passed away in Villa Rica on Friday, October 13, 2023.
Larry was born in Douglasville, GA on April 8, 1964, a son of James Larry Garmon, Sr. and Carol Ann Sheffield Garmon. He had been a resident of Villa Rica since 1996 and was employed by Turano Bakery. Larry was...
Christopher Stringer
Oct 13, 2023
Mr. Christopher Devon Lee Stringer, age 25, of Rockmart, GA passed away at his residence on October 13, 2023, following an illness of several months.
Christopher was born in Rome, GA on January 28, 1998. He graduated from Heritage High School in Ringgold, GA and had lived in the Knoxville, TN area for the past two years before returning to Rockmart....
Margaret Lea Fann Pennington
Oct 12, 2023
Margaret Lea Fann Pennington, age 76 of Cedartown, GA, passed away Thursday evening, October 12, 2023, in Chattanooga, TN.
Margaret was born in Poplar Bluff, MO, daughter of the late David Ray Fann and Daisy Chenault. She had been in Polk County since 1979 and was of the Christian faith. Margaret had worked for a period of time with Pizza Hut...
Mary Gail Earwood Goss
Oct 11, 2023
Mrs. Mary Gail Earwood Goss, age 71, of Aragon, GA, passed away at her residence Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Gail was born in Rockmart, GA on May 26, 1952, a daughter of the late W.C. Earwood and Mary Frances Bruce Earwood. She had been a lifelong resident of Rockmart and Aragon where she was a member of Rockmart Church of God...
Virginia Elaine Stringer
Oct 11, 2023
Mrs. Virginia Elaine Stringer, age 79, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Wednesday morning, October 11, 2023.
Mrs. Stringer was born in Pavo, GA, on March 10, 1944, daughter of the late Melvin Otis Glass and Ruth Jeanette Glass. She had lived the greater part of her life in Cartersville, GA, and was of the Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Stringer retired from World...
Sue E. Duke
Oct 9, 2023
Mrs. Sue E. Duke, age 77, of Aragon, GA, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023.
Sue was born on September 13, 1946, in Rome, GA. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Charles Estes and Martha Terry Estes. Mrs. Duke lived all her life in Polk County and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. In her free time,...
John Allison Warren
Oct 8, 2023
Mr. John Allison Warren, Sr., age 92, of Taylorsville, GA, passed away Sunday morning, October 8, 2023, at his residence.
Mr. Warren was born in Smyrna, GA, on June 3, 1931, son of the late Jesse James Warren and Eva Lee Kemp Warren. He lived his early years in Cobb County, GA and graduated from McEachern High School. Mr. Warren has...
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